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10 If you want to cite any of these papers, [[./sussman-recs.bib][here]] is a bibtex format file 12 If you want to cite any of these papers, [[./sussman-recs.bib][here]] is a bibtex format file
11 that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the 13 that contains all of these papers in the order they appear on the
12 page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]). 14 page. ([[./sussman-recs.bib]]).
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14 # NEEDS WORK 16 # NEEDS WORK
15 17
16 * For fun
17 - Time's Arrow ad Archemdedes's ???? (price)
18 - a reasonable philisopher
19 - was einstein right? (clifford will)
20
21 - Stranger in a strange land
22
23 - Hackers, by Steven Levy
24 - Accuracy is not to good - people's names are spelled wrong, for
25 example.
26 - But the /feelings/ are exactly right!
27
28 * Some /Real/ Highschool Reading 18 * Some /Real/ Highschool Reading
29 19
30 - Bernard F Schultz "A first course in general relativity" 20 - Bernard F Schultz "A first course in general relativity"
31 - readable 21 - readable
32 - not too heavy 22 - not too heavy
33 - you can just go through it... 23 - you can just go through it...
34 - minimal dependencies 24 - minimal dependencies
35 25
36 - Mermin, Space and time in special relativity 26 - Mermin, Space and time in special relativity
37 - can be read by H.S. student 27 - can be read by H.S. student
38 - will change your life 28 - will change your life
39 - you will understand special relativity! 29 - you will understand special relativity!
257 Computation]] 247 Computation]]
258 - By [[http://web.mit.edu/~axch/www/][Alexey Andreyevich Radul]], 2009 248 - By [[http://web.mit.edu/~axch/www/][Alexey Andreyevich Radul]], 2009
259 - Is a completely new way to program computers. 249 - Is a completely new way to program computers.
260 - Under active development. You can get the latest code [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/propagators/propagator.tar][here]]. 250 - Under active development. You can get the latest code [[http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/propagators/propagator.tar][here]].
261 251
252 * For Fun
253 - [[http://prce.hu/w/TAAP.html][Time's Arrow and Archemdedes' Point]], by Huw Price
254 - ISBN: 0195117980
255 - A reasonable philisopher!
256
257 - [[http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/wer.html][Was Einstein Right? : Putting General Relativity To The Test]], by
258 Clifford M. Will
259 - ISBN: 0465090869
260
261 - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land][Stranger in a Strange Land]], by Robert A. Heinlein
262 - ISBN: 0441790348
263
264 - [[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/729][Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution]], by Steven Levy
265 - ISBN: 1449388396
266 - Accuracy is not too good - people's names are spelled wrong, for
267 example.
268 - But the /feelings/ are exactly right! This book really captures
269 what it was like to be in the AI lab back in the good old days.